WASHINGTON EXAMINER: The majority of the IRS’s leaders have contributed to Democratic politicians or promoted left-wing ideas on their personal social media pages, according to a recent memo sent to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner.
The memo, drafted by the American Accountability Foundation, found that 60% of people occupying leadership positions in the IRS’s commissioner and deputy commissioner’s office have financially or verbally supported liberal causes. It also found that not a single person in such a role was a registered Republican, gave money to Republican candidates, or posted conservative messaging on social media. President Donald Trump has aggressively downsized the tax collection agency in an effort to automate many of its functions and to use its vast stores of taxpayer information in service of his policy goals, most notably immigration enforcement. [READ MORE]